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The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Archilochus (fl. Seventh Century B.C.)

Archilochus (är-kil’ō-kus). An eminent Greek poet; flourished in the seventh century B.C. Of his life nothing is definitely known. He was classed by the ancients with the greatest poets, Homer, Pindar, Sophocles; but of his works only a few fragments have come down to us. His lyrics, in iambic verse, were often pointed with the bitterest satire; besides satires he wrote hymns, elegies, and epodes.

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